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Old 21-05-2015, 21:17
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This week sees Betty's last scenes as Paula Tilbrook retires.

The party tonight in the woolpack you could tell that there was no acting required and the cast are sad to see her go.

But Betty being back has made me realise just what a legend she is and how well Paula Tilbrook has played her.

I have missed Betty and her gossiping and there will definately be a betty shaped hole in the dales

anyone else sad to see her go?

end of an era for me she surely deserves soap icon status
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Old 21-05-2015, 21:20
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Yeah you can definitely tell tonights scenes in the woolpack were real, Mondays ep will be a tearjerker.

You can tell Paula isnt well though, she looks more fragile these days
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Old 21-05-2015, 21:22
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Yeah you can definitely tell tonights scenes in the woolpack were real, Mondays ep will be a tearjerker.

You can tell Paula isnt well though, she looks more fragile these days
yes was thinking that myself and its obviously made her lose a lot of weight

I thought tonight was a bit of a tear jerker I'll never get through the rest
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Old 21-05-2015, 21:31
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She's barely been featured in recent years due to age/health issues so I'm quite happy for her to get a proper send off like this.
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Old 21-05-2015, 21:33
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She's barely been featured in recent years due to age/health issues so I'm quite happy for her to get a proper send off like this.
yeah it is, nice she can be there for her exit, tho I hope that when Paula does pass on they give Betty an on screen funeral/sendoff in tribute
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Old 21-05-2015, 21:33
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I hope she'll have some time to enjoy her life
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Old 21-05-2015, 21:35
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At least Paulas time on the show, had a proper ending, not one which i feel a way down the line could be another off screen death
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Old 21-05-2015, 21:38
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She will be missed, she brought humour to it.
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Old 21-05-2015, 21:39
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I don't watch Emmerdale, but i know who Betty is and remember watching it at my nan's when I was little.

How lovely that she is having a nice on-screen send off. I find it awful when characters have to be written out due to ill health/passing and just vanish only to have a funeral later. This is a lovely ending.

And I agree - she is a soap icon
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Old 21-05-2015, 21:40
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Yeah you can definitely tell tonights scenes in the woolpack were real, Mondays ep will be a tearjerker.

You can tell Paula isnt well though, she looks more fragile these days
She's 85! People do get thin and frail looking at that age.
She hasn't gone yet.
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Old 21-05-2015, 21:43
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You see posters on Digital Spy soap threads, saying ooh the old charactetrs are boring they bring nothing to the program.

But the showing on here about viewers being upset about Paula Leaving, it shows the older characters are as well loved, or maybe even more loved than the younger actors on some soaps. who appear fpr a year or 2, but are then forgotten.
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Old 21-05-2015, 21:49
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You see posters on Digital Spy soap threads, saying ooh the old charactetrs are boring they bring nothing to the program.

But the showing on here about viewers being upset about Paula Leaving, it shows the older characters are as well loved, or maybe even more loved than the younger actors on some soaps. who appear fpr a year or 2, but are then forgotten.
They are the real Emmerdale. Not just older age-wise, but long standing. It's like any village life - you're 'newcomers' for at least 10 years.
Pity some producers can't grasp that.
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Old 21-05-2015, 21:54
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You see posters on Digital Spy soap threads, saying ooh the old charactetrs are boring they bring nothing to the program.

But the showing on here about viewers being upset about Paula Leaving, it shows the older characters are as well loved, or maybe even more loved than the younger actors on some soaps. who appear fpr a year or 2, but are then forgotten.
They are the real Emmerdale. Not just older age-wise, but long standing.
Pity some producers can't grasp that.
I hate that no one sticks around anymore, yes you should have people coming and going but you need a good core of characters/people that stick around for a long long time like Betty.

now its all cheap shocks and easy stunts for a weeks worth of drama over good old fashioned stories of peoples lives. in the everyday world the characters are the people like Betty and Dot in EE who like to gossip yes but have stories to tell too
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Old 21-05-2015, 21:57
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I have said a number of times I will miss Betty. Yes at times she was nosy, interfereing and generally grated on you at times, but when they finally leave, you realise how much you miss them.
She is one of the last remaining cast member from Emmerdales 1990s heyday, and it is safe to say that it is a very different style programme from her first to last day on set.
It's sad to see that Emmerdale is gradually slipping away as it's long term characters fade away, and I know some choose to leave or retire, but it's okay to bring in new blood and new life show, but what's the use of that when you lose the history. I mean is there anybody in that show who was there on the night of the plane crash!
Anyway, enough said, I will miss her.
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Old 21-05-2015, 21:57
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I hate that no one sticks around anymore, yes you should have people coming and going but you need a good core of characters/people that stick around for a long long time like Betty.

now its all cheap shocks and easy stunts for a weeks worth of drama over good old fashioned stories of peoples lives. in the everyday world the characters are the people like Betty and Dot in EE who like to gossip yes but have stories to tell too
Like said it isnt even the older actors, it would be a sad day when hte likes of Paddy leaves, as he has been in emmerdale ever since i remember, Eric also, Diane could go on and on
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Old 21-05-2015, 22:00
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I have said a number of times I will miss Betty. Yes at times she was nosy, interfereing and generally grated on you at times, but when they finally leave, you realise how much you miss them.
She is one of the last remaining cast member from Emmerdales 1990s heyday, and it is safe to say that it is a very different style programme from her first to last day on set.
It's sad to see that Emmerdale is gradually slipping away as it's long term characters fade away, and I know some choose to leave or retire, but it's okay to bring in new blood and new life show, but what's the use of that when you lose the history. I mean is there anybody in that show who was there on the night of the plane crash!
Anyway, enough said, I will miss her.
Yes Eric was there, sadly the only one, who was there at the time of the plane crash
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Old 21-05-2015, 22:01
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Yes Eric was there, sadly the only one, who was there at the time of the plane crash
Not true. Robert and Victoria were also 'there'. People just forget that because they're recasts. Maybe not Vic, I can't remember if she was born or not.
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Old 21-05-2015, 22:03
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Yes Eric was there, sadly the only one, who was there at the time of the plane crash
Yes was AND Robert Sugden as a child, but played by a million faces ago!
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Old 21-05-2015, 22:05
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I have said a number of times I will miss Betty. Yes at times she was nosy, interfereing and generally grated on you at times, but when they finally leave, you realise how much you miss them.
She is one of the last remaining cast member from Emmerdales 1990s heyday, and it is safe to say that it is a very different style programme from her first to last day on set.
It's sad to see that Emmerdale is gradually slipping away as it's long term characters fade away, and I know some choose to leave or retire, but it's okay to bring in new blood and new life show, but what's the use of that when you lose the history. I mean is there anybody in that show who was there on the night of the plane crash!
Anyway, enough said, I will miss her.
Eric is 😀
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Old 21-05-2015, 22:10
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Sorry to the OP, whos thread ive turned into a whos been around the longest emmerale actor thread
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Old 21-05-2015, 22:11
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Not true. Robert and Victoria were also 'there'. People just forget that because they're recasts. Maybe not Vic, I can't remember if she was born or not.
Vic was born in March 1994, 2 months after. Her presence helped Annie Sugden come out of her coma. Betty arrived around about the same time.
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Old 21-05-2015, 22:16
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Vic was born in March 1994, 2 months after. Her presence helped Annie Sugden come out of her coma. Betty arrived around about the same time.
Robert was born, cause i remember recently watching it on youtube, and they were at the farm, and sarah commented that Robert had slept though it all, the farm escaped most of the disaster
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Old 21-05-2015, 22:25
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I have said a number of times I will miss Betty. Yes at times she was nosy, interfereing and generally grated on you at times, but when they finally leave, you realise how much you miss them.
She did, but they say you never miss the water until the well runs dry.

Like said it isnt even the older actors, it would be a sad day when hte likes of Paddy leaves, as he has been in emmerdale ever since i remember, Eric also, Diane could go on and on
Also Marlon, Zac and Lisa. Bob now, even Rodney although we hardly see him any more. What would we do without Edna? And JImmy and Nicola !!!
I don't like Victoria much but she comes into the category too.
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Old 21-05-2015, 22:42
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She did, but they say you never miss the water until the well runs dry.


Also Marlon, Zac and Lisa. Bob now, even Rodney although we hardly see him any more. What would we do without Edna? And JImmy and Nicola !!!
I don't like Victoria much but she comes into the category too.
agree on all. even Debbie who we have seen grow up from her early teens and is now bringing up her own couple of sugdens

I like Victoria but they need to split her up from adam, if only they hadnt made Finn Gay. can definately see Victoria being betty in a few years. loved their gossipy scenes they had
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Old 21-05-2015, 22:44
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ED put on a marvellous show tonight
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